Maoist leader arrested in Assam

Naskar was a leader in the eastern wing of the outfit and wanted in several cases in AP

A CPI (Maoist) politburo member, wanted in several cases, was arrested from Silchar in Cachar district of Assam, police said on Friday.Anukul Chandra Naskar alias Pareshda (65) was caught by a joint team of Assam police and special intelligence branch of Andhra Pradesh Police on Wednesday and brought to Guwahati for interrogation yesterday.

Naskar was a leader in the eastern wing of the outfit and wanted in several cases in Andhra Pradesh, police said.Taking him into custody here for five days, police would interrogate him before handing him over to AP Police, they said.